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ALEXANDER MlLLsDIX,` 0F SHELTON, ENGLAND.

Letters'PqtewtNo. 86,287, dated January 26, 1869.

IMPRDVEMENT IN PUMPING-APPARATUS FOR SU'PPLYIN'G- AND i LIQUIDS T0 CASES.

T o'all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MILLS DIX, of Shelton, England, brewer, have invented an Improved Mode oiand Apparatus for Supplying Finings or other Liquids to Caslis or other Vessels and I do hereby declare that the oliowing is n. full, clear, and exact descriptiou thereof, reference being had to the acc-onipauying drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon; that is to soy- The chief object of my invention is a better inode oi' supplyint isinglass, or other timings, to easks, but

vthe invention also applies to supplying or tilling up csks, er other vessels, with other liquids.

The ordinary niodeof supplying finingsto easlis is to' take out the shive, or bung, and pour the linings through the bunghole or to pour in the I'inings before the shiveis inserted; butv this inode is inconvenient, seine ol" the contents of the exi-si; being often lost, they best time for inserting the linings being just prior to delivery and stillagiug. Sow,

My invention consists iu forcing in the linings through screwed, or inserted, through the hole bollire inentioued, while thc second nozzle, or outlet, remains outside the cash.

The invention will he fully understood on reference to the accompanying druwiugs, of 'which- Y Figure 1 is a sectional view of the a'ilpuratuscouiplete, with the three-way tap A inserted into ther shive, or bung, of ea 2, B, the hule into which it is screwed having been previously made with a ginilet.

The tap has two nozzles, e b, seen in the detached sectional view, Figure '2, the nozzle (L beiin,r serewthreaded, for the purpose ci'. screwing into the shire, or'bung, as shown in iig. 1.

The second nozzle, b, remains outside the cash, and allows liquid to escape, when the cash` is completelyv full. a i I The tapis in connection, by a. fexible tube, or pipe, C, with e force-pump, D.

This pump is litted in a tub, E, in which the finings A are placed, and is held rinly therein by two cross-bars,

or rails, u il, which also serve as handles, for lifting or moving the tub, or vessel, from place to place.

'lhcforce-puinp I) is of the ordinary construction, and is fitted with spherical valves, ef. ln the position shown iu lig. l, the pistou g ol th pump is nearly at the top of the 11p-stroke, and has lifted the valve e, to allow the fiuings to enter the pump-barrel, and lill the space below the piston. The linings are expelled therefrom on the down-stroke of the piston, which forces the valve e upon its sent, and lii'tst-he valve j, thereby opening the passage h, lead# ing tu the pipe C, und thence to the tap Should it be required to introduce tnings when the @ask is 'ull oi' beer, I force in :isinall quantity through the nozzle 5 theuturn the top, so as to open the way to the second nozzle. to ullou some ol' the heer Lo'iun out. I aguin turn the tap, und force iuvinore linings; then again let out soun: ol' the beer, and so ou, until t-hc required amount oi' linings has been introduced.

ln the same way, fl can force in iinings, or boer, to lill the Cask, when the saure is not properly filled, or after any leakage, and leil out any froth or gus there may be in the cusli, the escupe troni the outer nozzle indicating:r when the ensk is i'ull el liquid.

When-the tup is wi h v n peg, or other-wi .ln ease any of the liquid should escupe pastthe packing in the puinp-burrel ,l form a small out-let in the upper -or otherconvenient puri; of the barrel, to

lead suoli esoupeineut down or through a pipe, or chain,

ucl, therefrom, in order that the liquid muy be returned to the vessels in which the pump is fitted.

That I claiin as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l The puinpbarrel, with valves ej, and a. perlbrated diaphragm in its bra-uch, when retained within the vessel E by the handle cross-huis c d, and applied in counection'with :t tube, (l, whieh is swivelled to said barrel, and to the three-way screw-tup A a b, and all ports .uic

constructed and adapted to operate 'substantially as herein represented and described.

In witncsswhereof, I, the said ALEXANDER Minus DIX, have hereunto'set my hund, this 25th day of July, 1868.

- ALEXANDER MILLS DIX. Witnesses:

WILLIAM GATCOMBE DIX, of Shelton.

LEVI WA'rIrIIv, Jr., ofSheZton.

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